I am so tired of seeing wrong and negative messages being conveyed by these media guys. Now look at this.....tell me one single person however qualified who has reached top without dirtying their hands. The problem with so called qualified people in India with the rising salaries is that no one wats to diry their hands. They want a corner cabin with first class perks from day one just so surf internet on their swanky laptop. Please understand, unless one has the problem solving attitude and courage to take challanges, one can not grow. I dont understand whats the harm in observing people's tea and toilet going habits if it solves a big issue for the company and saves millions of rs. to the company. May be it was the way to get recognized for that enginner which he lost. I know many of friends from TOP MOST B-schools who have done their management training in the dirtiest villages in India (where you dont even have electricity and water) to understand the syche of the indian consumer. Trust me, a so called MBA sitting in his cabin would know Sh** about the consumer in a dirty village in Gujarat. My message to younger generation....please be ready to do anything in the starting years of your career that enhances your learning to the greatest possible extent. Be the hands-on and problem solving person and MONEY WILL FOLLOW YOU...
RE:When will this media convey the right message??????
by Manu on May 01, 2008 09:58 PM Permalink
This article is written with a sympathetic attitude. Such attitude leads to parasites in the making. An MBA doing marketing, an engineer finding solutions is the norm of the skills mentioned.
Instead of finding alternatives/solutions to the problems, the article sympathizes with the loosers. All the three people quoted as examples have little reality on what they are doing. The article should have addressed the issues like if you are in a situation like this, then taking an alternative step like training or seeking guidance will help. As I wrote earlier in my previous message, the author needs to be smacked for lack of realistic knowledge/insight into the subject and is negative.
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by Maysh on May 01, 2008 09:38 PM Permalink
I agree..The first job is always the hardest and one has to slog in order to learn.
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by Mahesh Khetan on May 01, 2008 10:06 PM Permalink
I fully agree - the examples given show failure on the part of youngster - why do take a loan from a company that too when you are just one year old in that company - if that engineer cannot prevent theft from a warehouse, how is he going to prevent this from a factory and achieve cost of operation target - such people do not survive for long in any organisation
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by Intrepid on May 01, 2008 10:10 PM Permalink
You are missing the point. If you have MBA in finance, you would expect to work on some finance related thing. Many a times, your qualification and the nature of work are not compatible. I can understand your argument about "getting hands dirty". But if you are an engineer and if you are doing a job of a worker on a regular basis, then it's a problem. You can do such a job occasionally to understand the problems that a worker has to deal with. Companies should have well defined roles for engineers and management graduates.
RE:When will this media convey the right message??????
by Manu on May 01, 2008 10:24 PM Permalink
Your message "....you would expect to work on some finance related thing..."
This clearly says about the attitude problem. When there is incompatibility, brush up your skills. Keep risk factors minimum so that you can get out faster.
RE:When will this media convey the right message??????
by Indian on May 01, 2008 10:53 PM Permalink
Hi Intrepid, I am not sure about your qualification(Not that it matters) but being an MBA i can say with full confidence that MBA in Finance or Marketing is a misnomer. MBA is generalized course which teaches you little bit about everything. If we go by what you are saying then an MBA in finance should also deny a job of a consultant in Retail marketing in Mckinsey. it is all about problem soving attitude which you will never learn unless you experience the problem yourself. get deeper into it and thats why dirtying your hands become important which unfortunately youngsters dont do because of sudden incomprehensible salary bubble in india. Thats is the ACTUAL DARK SIDE OF JOBS BOOM....people shedding away from learning attitude and just focussing on money.
